Sipsey Street Irregulars: TypeAy's Florida Gun Show Report.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

TypeAy's Florida Gun Show Report.

The Orlando Florida Gun Show was held on March 19th-20th at the Orlando Fairgrounds located off of state road 50 in downtown Orlando. Safety concerns: this is no longer considered to be a "good" section of town, and there were plenty of Florida Highway Patrol officers and Orlando Police present on site, both in the buildings, and walking around the common areas, and courtyards.

Note, admission to the Orlando show has now gone up to 9 dollars.
(I heard quite a few complaints about that while standing in the 50 person admission line.) Parking is still free.

Florida still allows face to face, private owner, un-papered gun sales, and I saw a fairly brisk trade in going on in the courtyard next to the main ticket office. The standard procedure to move a private sale long gun at a FL show is to mill around the courtyard with your weapon slung across your back. Trust me, buyers will find you quickly on un-papered long arms. Sellers may also have a sign taped to their bbl., as well. Enjoy it while it lasts, folks.

This was a large show. At least two big buildings, and several hundred tables. The Orlando show was a rather strange mix of really good deals on used firearms, and gobs of overpriced new ones. Crowds were very thick, and it was crowded, and difficult to get close to many of the larger, more well stocked, tables.

Some quick price notes:

New firearms-

Glocks - 525 - 585 dollars

S&W revolvers - 560-700 dollars

Kimber, full sized 1911s - 1100 dollars and up

M1-A - I saw 3 new ones, all priced at 2100 dollars !!!

AR-15s (various brands) 700 - 1100 dollars

Russian, Side by Side field grade double bbl. shotguns - 300.00

FN- SCAR .308 - 2900.00

Some used prices -

Remington 700 - composite stock, .30-06 , Leupold Scope,
like new (unpapered) with 200 rounds of hunting ammo in can, 440.00

Sporterized 1903 Springfield - .30-06, turned down bolt handle,
Bushnell Scope - mint - 315.00

Winchester Model 12s in 12, 16, and 20 gauge, NRA very good - 250-400

Hi-Point Carbine 9mm - 269.00

M-1 Garands - 1200 !!!!

Ammo -

9mm ball, bass cased, boxer primed,
in ammo can - 500 rounds - 135.00

.45 acp, "silver" cases, ball
in ammo can - 500 rounds - 225.00

AK drums - 99.00

Handgun mags - Meggar Hicaps were 29.00

SKS - 400 dollars

AK - wood stock - 440

Lots of ammo, parts, web gear, packs,
knives, bayonets, shirts, etc.....etc....

5 comments:

Brock Townsend said...: Sporterized 1903 Springfield - .30-06, turned down bolt handle,
Bushnell Scope - mint - 315.00

I would have liked to see this one.; March 19, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Attended a show in Oregon last week. There were signs in the parking lots stating that it was a FEDERAL LAW that there could be NO gun sales in the parking lot. When did it become a FEDERAL Law that you could not sell personal property?

Yup, enjoy it while you can....; March 19, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Dedicated_Dad said...: Anon(1): Sounds like the Austin, TX debacle last year when they posted the site saying something to the effect of "per police/atf, no private sales without background check at this show"...

No legal authority, but that won't stop them from arresting your @$$.

Personally, I'd like more info and DOCUMENTATION.

The Austin mess turned into a big stink - and this should be even bigger.

This is intolerable. There is no such Fed.law - YET - and until there is they shouldn't be enforcing it...

DD; March 20, 2011 at 4:01 PM
DB said...: Those prices sounded pretty high to me.; March 20, 2011 at 10:20 PM
aughtsix said...: This is intolerable. There is no such Fed.law - YET - and until there is they shouldn't be enforcing it...

DD

March 20, 2011 2:01 PM

So sorry DD, but slight error: Even if it becomes "law" they shouldn't be enforcing it, per their Oath.

Jon III; March 20, 2011 at 11:20 PM

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